Cliff Bargar
@cliffbar.bsky.social
San Franciscan (via Boston). (Surgical) robots, bikes, trains, etc
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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We’ve just stopped talking about the disgraceful complicity of every MSM outlet and reporter that has chosen to remain on a site that is an explicitly racist, Nazi cesspool.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We’ve just stopped talking about the disgraceful complicity of every MSM outlet and reporter that has chosen to remain on a site that is an explicitly racist, Nazi cesspool.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.
It is unconscionable that they have CHOSEN to continue using it as their primary social media platform.
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Claude the albino alligator is dead
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Claude, San Francisco’s beloved albino alligator, dies at 30
Claude, the California Academy of Sciences’ rare albino alligator and one of San Francisco’s most recognizable residents, has died at age 30.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Claude the albino alligator is dead
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
My story with @aidinvaziri.bsky.social
Lots of cool facts from biologists I've interviewed. Claude knew his name & briefly had a pit-mate named "Bonnie." Most common question from guests: "Is he real?"
RIP to an SF icon
🐊 😢
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Love to see some new BikeLink lockers going in at @caltrain.com's Lawrence Station
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Love to see some new BikeLink lockers going in at @caltrain.com's Lawrence Station
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it’s always very odd how people talk about rail in a vacuum without mentioning the interstate highway program. Then they get Professor Zuremski to say something that’s arguably not true (the USA has the best freight railroad network).
Very disappointing episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social's The Indicator this morning - basically USA doesn't have a better passenger rail network because cities are far apart, freight is more profitable, and building rail is expensive. But huge factors left unmentioned...
one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5622...
one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5622...
🔊 Listen Now: Why the US chose not to have a passenger train system like Europe
The Indicator From Planet Money on NPR One | 9:02
one.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
it’s always very odd how people talk about rail in a vacuum without mentioning the interstate highway program. Then they get Professor Zuremski to say something that’s arguably not true (the USA has the best freight railroad network).
Very disappointing episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social's The Indicator this morning - basically USA doesn't have a better passenger rail network because cities are far apart, freight is more profitable, and building rail is expensive. But huge factors left unmentioned...
one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5622...
one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5622...
🔊 Listen Now: Why the US chose not to have a passenger train system like Europe
The Indicator From Planet Money on NPR One | 9:02
one.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Very disappointing episode of @planetmoney.bsky.social's The Indicator this morning - basically USA doesn't have a better passenger rail network because cities are far apart, freight is more profitable, and building rail is expensive. But huge factors left unmentioned...
one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5622...
one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5622...
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The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The heart and soul of Trumpism in one tweet
Strong message from Congressman Moulton:
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
“Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
Can't decide if this cult of personality stuff is more disgusting or pathetic. Truly corrupt either way to try to taint all aspects of the federal government with the Trump brand
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Can't decide if this cult of personality stuff is more disgusting or pathetic. Truly corrupt either way to try to taint all aspects of the federal government with the Trump brand
Savage thread, but it's not like we should pretend that as a nation we truly had a deep reverence for the rule of law before Trump showed up
I'm a firm believer in rule of law, but I also believe the social permission to enforce laws derives from our norms/values.
And so I don't believe for a
minute that Trump's excursion outside the law is an aberration, or was unpredictable.
Because Americans are fully inured to lawlessness.
And so I don't believe for a
minute that Trump's excursion outside the law is an aberration, or was unpredictable.
Because Americans are fully inured to lawlessness.
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Savage thread, but it's not like we should pretend that as a nation we truly had a deep reverence for the rule of law before Trump showed up
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One of the big tidal forces of the coming years is that the baseline reliability of things you see on a screen is going to decline.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
I think this has not been adequately metabolized.
This is one version, but there are a bunch of them.
Kudos to Brazil for being one of the hundreds of countries on this planet that has a more functional political system than the USA
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Kudos to Brazil for being one of the hundreds of countries on this planet that has a more functional political system than the USA
Who does Trump pardon first, SBF or Holmes?
I was wondering how long it would take our broken, desiccated, decadent culture to rehabilitate this guy.
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on the Offensive
Two years after he was found guilty of fraud, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is pursuing a legal appeal—and firing up his X account.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Who does Trump pardon first, SBF or Holmes?
This feels like a bit of a cheap shot at @londonbreed.bsky.social by @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This feels like a bit of a cheap shot at @londonbreed.bsky.social by @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Musk is unequivocally responsible for more deaths than almost any person alive. Somebody connect the dots.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Musk is unequivocally responsible for more deaths than almost any person alive. Somebody connect the dots.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
Interesting piece. Tldr is that the Trump DOJ + TX leg botched their redistricting badly such that, under very recent SCOTUS precedent, it is unconditional. And also there is no logically consistent way to find TX constitutional while overturning Prop 50. But SCOTUS majority has no shame, so 🤷♂️
After facing a stunning defeat earlier this week, the Texas gerrymandering case heads to the Supreme Court.
This decision will force Chief Justice John Roberts and the other Republican-appointed justices to pick between enforcing the rules they created and their evident loyalty to the GOP.
This decision will force Chief Justice John Roberts and the other Republican-appointed justices to pick between enforcing the rules they created and their evident loyalty to the GOP.
The Texas gerrymandering case is a test of the Supreme Court's integrity
Do the justices have any rules they won't let Republicans break?
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Interesting piece. Tldr is that the Trump DOJ + TX leg botched their redistricting badly such that, under very recent SCOTUS precedent, it is unconditional. And also there is no logically consistent way to find TX constitutional while overturning Prop 50. But SCOTUS majority has no shame, so 🤷♂️
Lol blocked by @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social for this
So you can respond immediately to slander @scottwiener.bsky.social as a "savage racist", presumably for his statements broadly supporting the state of Israel's existence while condemning the actions of that state and its PM, and ignoring his frequent statements condemning Islamophobes
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Lol blocked by @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social for this
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This is alluding to First Year Free, which was an idea by Manny Yekutiel, which Ben Bleiman, Manny, and I presented to Supervisor Ronen.
I attended numerous meetings with TTX, OSB, and OEWD staff along with Ronen and her staff to figure out how to draft the ordinance, which Ronen introduced in 2021.
I attended numerous meetings with TTX, OSB, and OEWD staff along with Ronen and her staff to figure out how to draft the ordinance, which Ronen introduced in 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This is alluding to First Year Free, which was an idea by Manny Yekutiel, which Ben Bleiman, Manny, and I presented to Supervisor Ronen.
I attended numerous meetings with TTX, OSB, and OEWD staff along with Ronen and her staff to figure out how to draft the ordinance, which Ronen introduced in 2021.
I attended numerous meetings with TTX, OSB, and OEWD staff along with Ronen and her staff to figure out how to draft the ordinance, which Ronen introduced in 2021.
Far and away the best choice for our next member of the House is @scottwiener.bsky.social. He has a long track record of delivering progressive policy change and standing up for the marginalized, even if it means making powerful enemies
When you’re running for office, endorsements are important. But it’s also important to see who’s freaking out about you running. We launched our “Scott’s MAGA Fan Club” page, with all the wacked out MAGA leaders & publications having meltdowns about me running for Congress.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Far and away the best choice for our next member of the House is @scottwiener.bsky.social. He has a long track record of delivering progressive policy change and standing up for the marginalized, even if it means making powerful enemies
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When you’re running for office, endorsements are important. But it’s also important to see who’s freaking out about you running. We launched our “Scott’s MAGA Fan Club” page, with all the wacked out MAGA leaders & publications having meltdowns about me running for Congress.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When you’re running for office, endorsements are important. But it’s also important to see who’s freaking out about you running. We launched our “Scott’s MAGA Fan Club” page, with all the wacked out MAGA leaders & publications having meltdowns about me running for Congress.🧵